Year 1/2
Year 1/2 Cluster News
Sports Day – this Friday March 22nd
Please remember that for our duty of care for your child, parents or carers must speak to the class teacher before taking children home before the end of the day.
A printed program was sent home on Wednesday. Students arrive at classrooms at the normal time dressed in their house colour. Clothing must be sun smart e.g. t-shirts which cover shoulders, bucket hats not caps. A labelled drink bottle MUST be brought to school as the events are held on the oval. Students need their fruit snack, recess and lunch. No canteen orders will be taken tomorrow. There is a sausage sizzle available $3, drinks $2 and a cake stall.
Harmony Day – Monday March 25th
Harmony Day celebrates our school’s diverse culture and we all come together and celebrate our uniqueness. It is a casual clothes day- students can wear cultural clothing, orange clothing or cultural themed clothing. Please keep in mind that students need to run around at playtime and may need to bring a change of clothes and/or shoes for these times. Students will be doing activities with their buddies as well as in class and as a whole school.
Good Friday and Easter Monday
Good Friday 29th March and Easter Monday 1st April are Public Holidays.
A reminder that Pokemon Cards are not be at school except on Pokemon Club days, which are advertised on the whiteboard in the courtyard. A number of students continue to bring cards in bags. Could you please check your child’s bag regularly for cards and any other extra toys etc.
Take Home Books
From next week, students who are ready will have decodable books in the Take Home Folders to be read at home. Initially there will be one decodable book per student. If your child has moved on from decodable readers, this will be communicated to you. More details will be posted.
Students are able to borrow from the school library on any day of the week, if they return their books. The community library in the courtyard provides another source of books to take home. We also welcome donations of suitable books into the community library.
Cardboard
In the next few weeks, we will be using our ideas to create things and so we are in need of cardboard and other interesting materials that could spark our creativity. If you are able to help, please send items in when you can.
Home Inquiry
What 2D shapes do you see around your house e.g. what shape are your bathroom tiles? Why are they used e.g. some shapes are strong, some fit together without gaps, some look good. Do they have straight or curved sides? Are there parallel sides? Are they regular or irregular shapes?
Mental Computation ideas
Doubling and halving https://youtu.be/NDqbCfplYrg?si=2DQ_B6fg2t_RnTMK
https://youtu.be/DnmPVOsOMWg?si=xisjYSoD6Ls6JLpB
https://www.abcya.com/games/interactive_100_number_chart Change to setting to the 120 chart then use this number chart to colour the 2s, then the 5s, then the 10s.
Reading library books or home books – We encourage approximately 10-15 minutes each night.
Learning for Week 9:
Literacy:
Reader’s Workshop mini lessons: build on reading strategies taught in Foundation e.g. stretchy snake. A sheet with these strategies will be placed in Take Home Folders so they can also be referred to at home.
Writer’s Workshop mini lessons: Where do authors get their ideas? How do they (and we) record them? Which ideas can I develop into my writing?
Spelling
Each week there is a focus ‘sound of the week’. Students are introduced to groups of words which use the spelling patterns and revise the alternative spellings of vowel sounds.
The sound of the week is not intended to be a spelling list for you to teach your child at home. It is for you to be aware of what we are teaching at school and you are welcome to use the sound as a starting point for your child to share what they are learning.
Year 1 and Year 2 long ‘o’ sound
Year 1o_e https://youtu.be/SUp-nnGusvk?si=Cy3suJ1MvuoHpwMx
Year 2 o_e, oa, ow https://youtu.be/NZHn2UhrLZM?si=Nhs62gCEAqnRzGAd
Grammar Focus for Year 1 and Year 2: alphabetical order
Mathematics: Students begin learning about 2D shapes
Students continue to explore names and properties of 2D shapes and complete a summative assessment to be posted on Toddle. Year 2 students also use spatial terms such as opposite, parallel, curved and straight.
Unit of Inquiry:
Central Idea: Ideas allow us to think, create and express ourselves
Line of Inquiry 1: ideas as a tool for learning
Line of Inquiry 2: ways in which we discover and communicate ideas
Line of Inquiry 3: inspiration leads to creativity
Students continue to explore, record and develop ideas through reading books that challenge their understandings. This unit will develop students’ critical thinking and communication skills.
Christian Studies: Christian Beliefs
Key Idea: We explore and outline ways Christians make decisions about how to live.
Students will consider how they make decisions. They will then make a list of questions and interview Christians in the school and/or at home/church if they would like to, about how they make decisions. Finally, students will reflect on how this new information may influence their decision making.
Reminders
Each day students need to bring the following. Please label everything.
hats
Take Home Bags which are also for Library borrowing.
water bottles
a fruit snack
recess
lunch – ‘nude’ food, leave chocolates or lollies for home
wear sunscreen
Library Borrowing
The whole class goes to the library on Wednesdays (Year 1/2Z) and Thursdays (Year 1/2AK). A reminder that individual students can borrow books on other days during the week if they are wanting new books before the class borrowing day.
Volunteers
During the year we have excursions, a Year 1 Sleepover and a Year 2 Camp. If you are interested in volunteering, there a few things you will need to have up to date to be able to come along or to help in the classroom.
Working With Children Check (WWCC)
Responding to Abuse, Harm and Neglect training (RRHAN-EC)
Valuing Safe Communities (VSC) training
https://www.goldengrove.sa.edu.au/parent-portal/volunteering/
Parent-Teacher Interviews
Our parent-teacher interviews will be held in person on Tuesday 2 April and Wednesday 3 April from 3.30pm until 7.15pm (last booking at 7.00pm)
Bookings can be made via the TASS Parent Lounge Portal, to login please click on the following link:
A reminder that TASS Parent Lounge also allows you to update your details including address, email and phone number, as well as add or update student medical information. There is also the option to notify the school and view student attendance and contact class teachers.
If you are unable to login, please contact the office.
May God bless your week,
Melanie and Ellen
Melanie Arnold arnold.melanie@goldengrove.sa.edu.au
Tim Kriewaldt kriewaldt.tim@goldengrove.sa.edu.au
Ellen Zimmer zimmer.ellen@goldengrove.sa.edu.au